2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrindindi · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murrindindi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Murrindindi, where the typical home holds only 2 people. This is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5 people per home, reflecting a population where many more residents live alone.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Murrindindi — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 64.7% of all households.
31.4% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrindindi, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 68.3%. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state average.
13.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrindindi, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Murrindindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21847/murrindindi/topic/family-households